Drinking fountain



Dec. 31, 1929. o. M. BOHN DRINKING FOUNTAIN Filed Dec. 5, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 31, 1929. o. M. BOHN DRINKING FOUNTAIN Filed Dec. 3, 192'? 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented Dec. 31 1929 PATENTl OFFICE OLAF MARTINIUS B6HN, OF MYSEN, NORWAY DRINKING FOUNTAIN Application filed December 3, 1927, Serial No. 237,566, and in Norway October 6, 1926.

My invention relates to drinking fountains of the kind in which the cover or lid covering the water jet of the fountain has such mechanical connection with the cock or valve governing the release of the water jet as to bring about the opening and closing of said cook .or valve dependent on the opening and closing movement of the cover of the drinking fountain.

The object of my invention is to provide a drinking fountain of this kind, arranged in such a manner that the cover serves in its open position as a receptacle for the water spilled from the jet and as a means for conveying said spilled water to the drain pipe,

the arrangement being such as to provide a drinking fountain taking up the least possible space and therefore especially suited for railway cars, corridors and the like places, where the space available for mounting such apparatus is limited.

In the following I shall describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of an executional form of my drinking fountain, with parts broken away and with other parts in section.

Fig. 2 is a corresponding side view with the cover in closed position, its open position being indicated in broken lines.

Figures 3 and 4c are cross-sectional views of the valve and actuating cam to an enlarged scale showing the valve in closed and open positions respectively.

In the drawings 1 is a water receptacle, suitably fastened to the wall above the drink ing fountain and connected to the latter by a water tube 2. 3 is a drain hopper for conducting the spill water to a drain pipe 3. The cover 4. of the drinking fountain has a rounded, shieldlike, hollow form and is adapted to cover in its closed position the whole fountain soas to protect it against dust and against other damage. Its edges fit into a corresponding groove in a back shield 5, adapted to be fastened to a wall. To this cover is fastened an axle 8, mounted in a bearingsleeve 6, fastened to the wall shield to be screwed in place by aid of screws 7 To said axle 8 is also fastened a sleeve 10 carrying a cam projection 9, so as to be turned together with the axle 8 and the cover 4. Said .aXle 8 may preferably be provided with a spiral spring 11, serving to return the cover i in well known manner to its closed position, when it is let loose after having been opened by aid of a handle 12 or the like. The axle 8 and sleeve 10 being turned together with the cover, the cam or finger 9 will be moved to the position shown in dot-dashed lines in Fig. 2, in which position it lifts a pin 14, so as to make this pin push back the valve ball 15 (see Figure 4), whereby the water is allowed free passage through the exit opening of the nozzle 16. As indicated in Fig. 2 the water issues from the nozzle 16 in form of a curved jet, falling back into the outer part of the cavity formed by the cover 4, the

bottom of which slopes inwards so as to conduct the spill water back to the drain 3, 3. l/Vhen the cover is again let loose, it is-as above mentioned-swung upwards to its opening of the nozzle 16 so as to keep the same shut.

It will be understood that the arrangement will also work without the use of a spring 11, the cover being in this instance kept in its closed position by a spring latch or the like. It will also be clear that the invention is not limited to the valve and nozzle mechanisms specified and shown, and that any valve or cock mechanism that fulfils the function of opening when the cover is swung down, and shutting off the water jet, when the cover is closed, may be used without departing from the present invention.

This drinking fountain may also conveniently be used for tooth brushing, washing and the like purposes.

Cla1ms:- 1. In a drinkmg fountaln, in combination,

50 and to the wall itself by aid of lugs 7, adapted a wall bracket, a cover forming a trough hinged to said Wall bracket, a spring acting to maintain said cover normally adjacent to said Wall bracket, a Water supply pipe enclosed by said cover in normal position, a

. valve positioned in said Water supply pipe,

a pin engaging said valve and adapted to open the same, a cam member integral With said cover engaging said pin upon the rotation of said cover to open said valve.

2. In a drinking fountain, in combination,-

a Wall bracket, a cover forming a trough hinged to said Wall bracket, a spring acting to maintain said cover normally adjacent to said Wall bracket, a Water supply pipe enclosed by said cover in normal position, a valve positioned in said Water supply pipe, a pin engaging said valve and adapted to open the same, a cam member integral with said cover engaging said pin upon the rotation of said cover to open said valve, a drain hopper cooperating with said hinged cover to collect Waste.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

OLAF MARTINIUS B ()I-IN. 

